Mr Popodopolous

Totally agree, proud of how we are handling this. A bid in January though no clue how much and the £15m, £18m and £22m..3 this summer and 1 in January. Location wise I think he'll be quite happy at either in some regards but a big for SL, Alexander, NP and I an sure Gould would have rejected in January unless it was huge too. Bit impressed in the context of e.g. Leeds, who aren't necessarily under pressure to sell seemingly buckling to Everton for Gnonto for £19m as per some reports...despite his contract being until 2027. Playing him in friendlies despite all of the speculation is another sign that we won't be bounced into an undesirable deal any time soon.

Little bit of speculation among Millwall fans- didn't know it was quite so big that stand! Over 4k according to this. Only 40 pct of that's our final allocation- mentions their SAG.

I bet some Wolves fans wwre expecting to be electrified today when their kit was put but got a shock that Scott wasn't in it.

It feels unlikely play-off wise. We're still a bit limited financially but it's not been a window so far with loads of cash flowing through the League and actually a bit less across a lot of clubs in Europe and a fair few in top flight here. I digress, it feels unlikely but something to be said for stability and some levels of improvement- that can itself yield some tangible gains.

Good luck to him, served Semenyo quite well..unsure if recalling him mid-loan was best for development, a full season In a stable environment can serve a player well so hopefully we don't recall early unless things going very badly.

Element of realism, element of guesswork. Adding known costs and assumed costs, namely the academy then I estimate that Leicester City have FFP allowances of say £20m per season. I did an addition of depreciation, Community Expenditure, Women's Team and amortisation and Impairment excluding Player Registrations a little while ago. Assuming costs of £20m per year.and £1-2m as stated in their accounts of Covid costs in 2021-22 I would suggest that their total aggregate pre tax loss to the coming season will be £144-145m from 2021-22 to present. Of this £92.4m has already been used in 2021-22. In FFP terms it already equates to about £70.4-71.4m. Which leaves a reminder not in each of but aggregated across 2022-23 and 2023-24 of £51.6-52.6m in pre-tax losses. Or in FFP terms £5.8-6.3m per season on average in FFP terms. Or £25.8-26.3m in actual accounting losses. This is using the 2021-22 numbers as a baseline. I wonder what the size of a potential hole might be. I assume that they passed the test to 2022-23.

Yes the level was hoped to provide banter that was electric, but those expecting it could have got quite a shock.

Sorry to break the electric puns but you want a quick laugh look at Twitter, simply type Alex Scott. Certain number of Wolves fans were expecting Alex to be unveiled tonight in this seasons kit. As in their kit for this season to be unveiled with him wearing it. The wait goes on! ? https://twitter.com/search?src=typed_query&q="Alex scott" https://twitter.com/search?src=typed_query&q="Alex scott" kit

Kalas has reportedly been keeping himself fit so that shouldn't be too big an issue- although match sharpness can take a bit of time of course.

Hard to keep track but Miteovic has reportedly said he intends not to play for Fulham again- if he went there he'd be linking up with his International team mate Milinkovic-Savic... ...Marco Silva has been offered £40m on a 2 year deal so that's £20m per season to go and manage out there. Obviously Henderson and other Liverpool midfielders seem to be linked.

Yeah agreed. Nixon who can be alright on North West clubs suggested cash flow was a factor a while back. Based on @Davefevs they would have complied irrespective of the sale although there seemed to be some doubts in Spring 2021..they did remain under a soft embargo until late June, early July iirc. However once Covid losses factored in they were close but still ultimately okay.

Norwich got both tiers last year and somewhere between 3-3.5k if memory serves. Probably save for the first 10 rows. Granted Norwich have no edge with Millwall afaik, bur the size of allocation one to ask Jerry perhaps.

Including the Training Ground in 2021, not long before the rule against Fixed Asset profits kicked in! However yes they seem to walk the line in general or have in recent years without necessarily going over it.

Toing and froing is all part of the game and business as you say but I wonder maybe it's more fan led, or some online forum fans even and for balance some on social media are just saying pay the £25m so it's a mix, but a portion perhaps subconsciously or otherwise maybe believe that the lower ranked non PL club should be the one to give more ground. That I think is what grates a bit.

I do think that our offer is quite fair and if he were to accept it, and if his fitness has improved after the troubles of the laat two years he would be a great re-addition. Sometimes it can be about luck and opportunities arising at certain times but had he gone up with Fulham in 2018 or got a move to a similar club thst summer, I certainly believe a fully fit in-form Kalas could have (prior to injuries) been comparable to a number of bottom third PL centre backs.

That sounds awfully like the fake Percy...?

I agree with all the above, although slightly intrigued by the reference to moving the goalposts in January. That aside, it's their problem. If they want to pay great, if they don't bye bye until they decide they do if he is still here- certain air of arrogance for sure.

A page on the Wolves forum is quite interesting, read for yourselves not copy and paste as that is multiple posts. One says we are playing a stupid game of chicken with Wolves..wonder if this will drag late into the summer window. Supposedly we are mucking them around, any insight or thoughts? http://www.molineuxmix.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/summer-2023-transfer-window-thread.710210/page-408

Maybe he's changed then. I'll keep an open mind but he was stressing FFP for a while here in a way that not that many managers do. When he was at Leicester wage bill appeared to be falling from what he inherited but I'd have to look at the seasons in question. Not fast enough clearly granted. In Bournemouth's partial defence their wage bill would not have been top end of the Championship in the year of promotion.

Agree to an extent although he had some things to say about it in 2015. He didn't exactly defend it but there's a link somewhere in the thread. Pearson e.g. otoh, would not willingly break FFP, would take ownership and almost seems to spend the clubs money as if its his own. Having fair thst it us rare but "I don't believe in collecting players" or "Won't sign a player for sake of it" and similar.. that's very rare, refreshing, careful and focusing on the wider health of the club in a way that a lot of managers may not. Agree on a lot of what you say about Howe though, certain players there have been transformed in his time.

Agreed with all that. In theory I'm looking at Blackburn and thinking they should again be fine for this season and selling Ash Phillips to Tottenham may also have helped a bit but after this season the Armstrong profit drops off and Brereton-Diaz leaving on a free won't help.

Thinking of how it could be best spent while retaining flexibility for the future. 3 transfers, with £10m in initial fees- not each but spread across 3..3 or 4 year deals. Split the £10m how you like, fees could all be £2.5-3.33m or it could be that one is £1m, another is £3m and a third is £6m say. (Thinking GK, CB especially left footed and a CM). Wages not exceeding the £10-15k per week bracket. Thst would be an initial outlay of £2.5-3.33m in amortisation and £1.55-£2.34m in wages. We would remain majorly within FFP, the £28.5m loss would drip off after tbis season and the wage structure wouldn't take any great hit. TV money also rises from 2024-25. Of course we must not spend for the sake of it but that could be a cost effective way to spread some of the money. Then seek to extend Vyner, Pring, Bell, Conway.

MSD, £20m iirc. Think the internet was SONA plus Base Rate, which comes in at 11 to 12 percent. Last season was their second and final year of Parachute Payments- down to the £9-10m combining EFL cash and Solidarity Payments. While they have Corberan based on his final year at Huddersfield they have some hope IMO but if he was to quit..

I do agree, Fair Value is the key and only real relevant criteria here for FFP. Seen suggestions from one or two Coventry fans that their one is a relative pittance but who knows.

From the same article, Wolves local journalist. Isn't some of the online formatting of these articles terrible btw! "Wolves are also still in talks for".